# securing tables within a kdb

**URL:** <https://forum.kx.com/t/securing-tables-within-a-kdb/9780>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** kdb-and-q\
**Created:** [May 1, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/securing-tables-within-a-kdb/9780 "2015-05-01T03:06:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![hijibijbij73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@hijibijbij73](https://forum.kx.com/u/hijibijbij73)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/securing-tables-within-a-kdb/9780/1 "2015-05-01T03:06:00Z")

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Hi -&nbsp;

I would like to set up security such that only certain users can access the data stored in a particular table. So - any function/query/expression that try to read/update the table would need to be run by an authorized user. Is this possible to do in kdb?

Thanks in advance!

Hijibij

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**Author:** ![sohagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sohagan](https://forum.kx.com/u/sohagan)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/securing-tables-within-a-kdb/9780/2 "2015-05-01T10:57:00Z")

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have a read here,&nbsp;[http://firstderivatives.com/downloads/q\_for\_Gods\_July\_2013.pdf](http://firstderivatives.com/downloads/q%5C_for%5C_Gods%5C_July%5C_2013.pdf)

you should be able to use the methods described for your use cases.

Thanks,

Sean